Collection Contents

General chronological arrangement within each folder. Contains correspondence focused on official
duties of Davis's third city clerk and attorney.

Box/Folder: 1:1

Correspondence (1 of 2).1932-1934

Box/Folder: 1:2

Correspondence (2 of 2).1932-1934

Box/Folder: 1:3

Correspondence.1934-1937

Box/Folder: 1:4

Correspondence.1937-1939

Series 2
Financial Management1928-1939

Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

General chronological arrangement within each folder. Contains correspondence mainly related to
collection of property taxes, as well as receipts, bids, election instructions and resolutions,
legal opinions, and marketing instructions for sale of bonds.

Box/Folder: 2:1

Bond Sales. Municipal Bonds.1931-1937

Box/Folder: 2:2

Bond Sales. City Hall Bonds.1937-1938

Box/Folder: 2:3

Property Tax Collection.1928

Box/Folder: 2:4

Property Tax Collection.1933-1934

Box/Folder: 2:5

Property Tax Collection.1934-1937

Box/Folder: 2:6

Property Tax Collection.1937-1939

Series 3
Administration1917-1943

Physical Description:
2.4 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

General chronological arrangement within each folder; wrapped volumes arranged chronologically.
Contains correspondence related to: city's insurance contracts and city personnel; assorted
legal matters; utilities; and supplies; as well as receipts, contracts, and rate schedules. Also
includes correspondence with League of California Municipalities, along with related
newsletters, bulletins, applications, and recommendations. Bound volumes cover vital statistics
for early Davis and list warrants regarding accounts payable.

Box/Folder: 3:1

Insurance Policies and Contracts.1931-1939

Box/Folder: 3:2

League of California Municipalities.1936-1938

Box/Folder: 3:3

League of California Municipalities.1938-1939

Box/Folder: 3:4

Legal Documents.1931-1937

Wrapped Volume

Register of Births.1917-1919

Wrapped Volume.

Warrant register.1937-1943

Series 4
Services and Public Works1924-1939

Physical Description:
0.6 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

General chronological arrangement within each folder. Contains material related to: fire
department business, a variety of New Deal projects (CWA, ERA, SERA, and WPA); street
construction and maintenance; and water, gas, and electricity procurement and delivery. Also
includes correspondence, invoices, policy statements, minutes of official meetings, contracts,
canceled checks, bids, regulations, reports, bulletins, petitions, and proposals, many of which
cover construction of a city park (1936-1937) and city hall (1938-1939).

Box/Folder: 4:1

City Hall Construction.1938

Box/Folder: 4:2

City Hall Construction.1938-1939

Box/Folder: 4:3

City Jail.1937

Box/Folder: 4:4

City Park Construction.1936-1937

Box/Folder: 4:5

Fire Department.1936-1937

Box/Folder: 4:6

Garbage Collection.1934-1937

Box/Folder: 4:7

Gas and Electricity.1932-1936

Box/Folder: 4:8

New Deal Projects.1934-1935

Box/Folder: 4:9

New Deal Projects.1934-1938

Box/Folder: 4:10

Street Construction and Maintenance.1924-1933

Box/Folder: 5:1

Street Construction and Maintenance (1 of 2).1933-1937

Box/Folder: 5:2

Street Construction and Maintenance (2 of 2).1933-1937

Box/Folder: 5:3

Street Construction and Maintenance.1937-1938

Box/Folder: 5:4

Water Procurement and Delivery.1934-1937

Series 5
Ordinances1917-1960

Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

General chronological arrangement within each folder; wrapped volume arranged chronologically.
Contains official notices, reprints, and compilation of ordinances beginning with Davis's
incorporation in 1917.

Box/Folder: 5:5

Ordinances "Compiled by the Davis Enterprise," 1917-1925.1917-1925

Box/Folder: 5:6

"Various Ordinances--Nos. 9-103," 1917-1937.1917-1937

Wrapped Volume.

Compiled Ordinances.1917-1960

Series 6
Planning and Zoning1923-1949

Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

General chronological arrangement within each folder. Contains correspondence and related
material, including public notices from Planning Commission, petitions from residents, maps,
plans, and minutes of commission meetings.

Box/Folder: 6:1

College Park Association.1923

Box/Folder: 6:2

Correspondence and Related Material.1927-1934

Box/Folder: 6:3

Correspondence and Related Material.1936-1939

Box/Folder: 6:4

Correspondence and Related Material.1943-1945

Box/Folder: 6:5

Correspondence and Related Material.1948-1949

Box/Folder: 6:6

Rezoning Ballots.1938

Series 7
Property Valuation1933-1960

Physical Description:
2.8 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

Organized alphabetically or by parcel number within each folder. Contains correspondence and
related material, notably, appraisals of property (1933) and appraisals and building records
(1946-1960). Included also are tax returns, instructions, court decisions, summary statements of
assessments citywide (1935 and 1936), and (as reference material) register of students who
attended Davis branch of the University of California in 1935.